In recent years robotics has become an important resource in engineering. Adoption of Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) in activities related to ship inspections has obvious potential advantages, but also arises particular challenges, both from technical and legal viewpoints.

The ROBINS project (ROBotics technology for INspection of Ships) is a collaborative project co-funded within the H2020 EU Research and Innovation programme call, aimed at filling the gap between current ship inspections approach and available robotic technology, both from technological and regulatory point of view.

Main goal of the present work is to highlight how ship inspections are currently carried out by humans, how they could be improved using RAS, even if not completely autonomous for the time being, at least in selected operational scenarios and how the performances of RAS platforms can be tested to assess their effectiveness in carrying out surveys onboard. In such a framework, a testing facility aimed at assessing RAS’ capabilities as well as providing suitable environment for their development has been built and it is still under development along with dedicated testing protocols, able to assess the equivalence between human and RAS inspection of ship and marine structures.

The features of a testing facility where RAS can be tested and the testing protocols are presented, showing how technological and regulatory gaps are filled.

近年来，机器人技术已成为工程中的重要资源。在与船舶检查有关的活动中采用机器人和自主系统（RAS）具有明显的潜在优势，但从技术和法律角度来看，也带来了特殊的挑战。

ROBINS项目（用于船舶检查的机器人技术）是在H2020欧盟研究与创新计划召集下共同资助的一项合作项目，旨在从技术和监管角度填补当前的船舶检查方法与可用的机器人技术之间的空白。视图。

当前工作的主要目的是强调当前人类如何进行船舶检查，如何使用RAS进行改进，即使目前还不是完全自主的，至少在某些操作场景中，以及RAS平台的性能如何可以通过测试来评估其在船上进行调查中的有效性。在这样的框架中，已经建立了旨在评估RAS能力并为其开发提供合适环境的测试设施，并且该评估设施与专用测试协议一起仍在开发中，能够评估人员与RAS检查船舶之间的等效性。和海洋结构。

可以测试RAS的测试设施的功能和测试协议均已提出，显示了如何填补技术和法规空白。